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Taos Rockers Rock Shop

Taos rockers is not your typical ma & pa rock shop. The major emphasis at Taos Rockers is on mineral and fossil specimens. An international collection is displayed in three showrooms including many museum-grade specimens representing every continent except Antarctica. Every item is labeled and described as accurately as possible. There is a separate section of minerals of New Mexico(our area of specialization).

Taos Rockers mineral of the month is a family of minerals collectively known as Zeolites!!

Zeolite is a group name for a large number of microporous framework alumosilicates which are built of corner-linked tetrahedra and contain

Over 232 unique zeolite frameworks have been identified with over 45 occuring naturally. Zeolites are produced industrially on a large scale for such applications as commercial adsorbents and catalysts, water purificatiion, separation of gases and molecules, on-board oxygen generating systems, solar thermal collectors, and non-clumping cat litter. The largest single use is the global laundry detergent market. Natural zeolites form where volcanic rocks and ash layers react with alkaline groundwater or in shallow marine basins (over periods of thousands to millions of years). Thomsonite has been collected as a gemstone from a series of basalt lava flows along Lake Superior in Minnesota.Some of the natural Zeolites available at Taos Rockers include:Analcime Na(AlSi2O6) • H2OChabazite CaAl2Si4O12 • 6H2OHeulandite CaAl2Si7O18 • 6H2OLaumontite CaAl2Si4O12 • 4H2OMordenite (Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si10O24 • 7H2ONatrolite Na2Al2Si3O10 • 2H2OMesolite Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30 • 8H2OScolecite CaAl2Si3O10 • 3H2OPollucite (Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12) • 2H2OStellerite Ca4(Si28Al8)O72 • 28H2OStilbite CaAl2Si7O18 • 7H2OThomsonite (Ca,Na)6Al8(Al,Si)2Si10O40• 12H2Oalong with other minerals often found associated with zeolites: Apophyllite NaCa4(Si8O20)F • 8H2OCavansite Ca(VO)Si4010• 4H2OPrehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2

We are Offering 10% off on our Zeolites through the end of the month! Come see our array today or message us for details! 🙂 ... See MoreSee Less